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Do You Believe in Miracles?
Drinking is a thing that is very common in today’s society but there are many people that form drinking problems. I want to share with you a story that changed the life of many people just because of one little five year old boy. My grandfather was a drunk that would beat on his wife and neglect his family until his grandson that said just a few words that opened his eyes to a better life.
First of all, my papaw had a real bad drinking habit. He would stumble one foot after another in to the house late at night. When he was drunk he would beat my grandmother black and blue. There were many occasions that it was so bad that my grandmother wouldn’t be able to stand the very next morning. She dreaded hearing him walk up the steps then turning that gold key to unlock the back door. She would never report him because her love grew so deep for him that she couldn’t see right past what was in front of her.
Second, as time went on he was given to chance to raise two daughters. He would stay out late almost every night drinking until he couldn’t any more. He would call my grandmother to pick him up in a bar on the outskirts of town. His daughters would sit in the old beat up car frightened as could be watching their mom drag their father out of the bar. He would holler and slam into things as he tried to make his way through his raging path. My grandmother didn’t have anyone to watch her girls so she was forced to leave them in the car to watch him through his life away. His daughters grew up in an incomplete family felling like they have no father.
Last but not least, he was given another chance, but this time is was to be a grandfather to his grandchildren. He continued drinking until my brother turned about five years old. My brother would stay the night with my grandparents, but I was still too young. My grandmother got a call late at night from my grandfather. He was...
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